Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Motivational Strategies for Students with Little Parent Involvement I teach middle school in a low poverty school with very little parent involvement. This has a major impact on my students' work ethic. It is very obvious which students lack guidance and parental support at home because they do not value their education and lack motivation to complete daily assignments. I have helped them as much as I possibly can in the classroom with assignments but I cannot get them to study or complete out of class assignments. What can I do to show students the importance of getting their education and motivate them to school? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I also teach in a high (assumed "low" dealt with amount of money) poverty school and struggle with student motivation as well. One thing we do as a school is have an incentive program after each grading period. If a student has good grades (80 or above) and good attendance (3 or fewer absences), then they are eligable to participate. We have various things such as "phone passes" (kids can play on their phones), homework passes (no homework for a night). The students really like these incentives and it has worked in our school some with motivation. What kid doesn't like rewards?